“These people have learned not from books, but in the fields, in the wood, on the river bank. Their teachers have been the birds

themselves, when they sang to them, the sun when it left a glow of crimson behind it at setting, the very trees, and wild herbs.” 2016 BONFILS-STANTON SERIES — Anton Chekhov, “A Day in the Country” PAID Denver, CO Denver, U.S. Postage Non-Profit Org. Permit No. 205 With the support of the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation and in line with the Gardens’ mission of connecting people with plants, we are excited to bring you a lecture and workshop series designed to take us back to our roots, exploring the history, traditions and culture of gardening. You can gain wisdom from gardeners before us, integrating traditional knowledge into the contemporary garden. Botanist, farmer and author Augustus Jenkins Farmer shares Heirloominaries stories of traditional gardening techniques – from the charm of sharing plant cuttings with neighbors to intercropping plants to protect integrity of the soil. Bill Laws shares fascinating examples from his book “Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History,” and Lauren Springer Ogden demonstrates how to incorporate historical knowledge when designing functional, aesthetically pleasing gardens through a tour of her home garden.

A parallel series of intimate workshops and tours brings to life the traditions that have painted a romantic picture of gardening. Workshops include growing Rooting Contemporary Gardens in Tradition “blue ribbon” vegetables with Jody Torpey; keeping a garden journal with Bill Laws; and a big bulbs workshop with Augustus Jenkins Farmer. We are excited to offer tours at the Gardens and throughout the region. Explore the splendor and abundance of Le Potager garden at the season’s peak and tour historically significant plants throughout the Gardens. For the first time, Laura Springer Ogden opens her home and welcomes participants to enjoy the beauty of her gardens.

Deep-Rooted Wisdom: Skills and Stories from Blue Ribbon Vegetable Gardening Generations of Gardeners Jodi Torpey Augustus Jenkins Farmer Saturday, May 14, 10-11:30 a.m. | $20, $15 member Wednesday, April 27, 7 p.m. | $20, $15 member

Gardening styles, techniques and expectations changed dramatically over Today’s gardeners would have a difficult time recognizing the vegetables our the past few decades. Sometimes the old ways were best for our souls, ancestors ate. Wild tomatoes looked like small yellow berries and carrots bodies and the health of the earth. Augustus Jenkins Farmer combines stories were nothing more than skinny roots. So how did these plants grow into the and lessons from his horticulture mentors with artful, innovative gardening beautiful vegetables we enjoy today? Early seed savers, plant breeders and techniques. He shares pictures and stories from his garden designs, new agricultural contests at American fairs all played an important role. book “Deep-Rooted Wisdom: Skills and Stories from Generations of Gardeners” and his pioneering, organic specialty nursery in which he mixes Celebrate the rich history of our favorite homegrown vegetables such as time-tested techniques with modern needs. mammoth pumpkins and onions while discovering how to grow your own picture-perfect produce. This entertaining session shows how to choose the SPEAKER BIO: For 25 years, Jenkins Farmer led teams that established the top vegetable varieties, schedule planting dates and prepare for the big vision for and planted two of South Carolina’s major botanical gardens. He show. Participants take home a vegetable transplant from Bonnie Plants. is the former director of Riverbanks Botanical Garden and founding director PHOTO AUGUSTUS JENKINS FARMER of Moore Farms Garden. Recently, he was interim director of Gardens for SPEAKER BIO: Jodi Torpey is an award-winning vegetable gardener, master Historic Columbia. His work, including garden designs for homes, museums gardener and founder/editor-in-chief of WesternGardeners.com. She is the and businesses has received awards and delighted hundreds of thousands author of “The Colorado Gardener’s Companion and Blue-Ribbon Vegetable visitors with great plants and the skills of local craftsmen. Gardening.” Torpey speaks at gardening events around the country and digitally through her Craftsy.com class. Since 2010, she has organized Denver’s “Plant a Row for the Hungry” He has a horticulture degree from Clemson University and a master’s in campaign as a volunteer for the Garden Writers Association. public garden and museum science from the University of Washington. He is an 8th generation South Carolinian who has traveled the world consulting RELATED TOUR: Kitchen Garden tour of Le PotageR

on gardens and wild places. PHOTO AUGUSTUS JENKINS FARMER Saturday, May 14, 1 and 2:30 p.m. | $12, $10 member Want a chance to hear from a garden expert? Tour the Le Potager garden at Denver Botanic Gardens and learn RELATED TOUR: Spectacular Bulbs the tricks and techniques to overwhelming beautiful and highly productive kitchen garden. Wednesday, April 27, 4:15 and 5:15 p.m. | $12, $10 member Want a chance to hear from a garden expert? Tour the Gardens and delight at the assortment of spring bulbs. M ER PHOTO A U G ST S JE NKIN FAR

RELATED WORKSHOP: Big Bulbs Friday, APRIL 29, 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. | $39, $34 member The history of plant collectors gets no quirkier than with big bulbs. Plants with massive storage organs, of many different genre, have fascinated people for generations. In this workshop, Jenkins Farmer introduces many different big bulbs, some of which thrive outdoors in Denver, some in greenhouses and some of which are edible. He presents a fascinating history of scientific discovery and odd collectors through the genus Crinum (lily). Learn about Crinum’s unique germination cycle by planting seeds of one of the most cold hardy Crinum lilies (a species that grows at the Gardens). Also enjoy a vegetative propagation lesson, in which tiny bulbs are pared from the 20-pound mother bulb. 909 York Street 909 York Colorado 80206 Denver, www.botanicgardens.org PHOTO LA U RE N SPR IN GER OGDE 2016 Horticulture Home and Garden Tour: Our Glorious Gardens: How Did They Get Here? Registration Information Fabulous Fort Collins Gardens To register, visit www.botanicgardens.org, call 720-865-3580 or mail this form to Bill Laws FRIDAY and SATURDAY, June 3 and 4, 8 a.m. | $51, $46 member Registrar: Denver Botanic Gardens, 909 York Street, Denver, CO 80206 Thursday, May 19, 7 p.m. | $20, $15 member Includes lunch and transportation from Denver Botanic Gardens. Space is limited so register early! Most workshops limited to 30 people. PHOTOS LAUREN SPRINGER Ogden Share a journey through 2,000 years of horticultural history with English Have you ever wanted to tour the private home garden of one of your horticulture heroes? Lauren Springer Ogden opens her home and gardens at the Gardens at Spring Creek for two days only. Tours and workshop prices vary and are not included in the Series price. garden writer Bill Laws. His book, “50 Plants That Changed the Course of Visit some highlights of Fort Collins’ high-powered horticultural scene. Start the day with a tour of the half-acre Rock Garden and 300-foot-long Hellstrip during peak season at the city’s exciting young public garden, the Gardens on Non-Member/Member History,” looks at the evolution of the garden through everyday plants and Spring Creek. Dillon Hancock, curator of the Rock Garden, and Lauren Springer Ogden, designer of the Hellstrip, lead tours of their areas. Then visit Springer Ogden’s unique, naturalistic home garden and design laboratory, which Augustus Jenkins Farmer, April 27, 7 p.m. # of people x $20/$15 = $ hand tools. has been featured in several books and magazines, but never accessible to the public. Shop her driveway for plant treasures at discounted prices courtesy of Karen Lehrer, co-owner of Laporte Avenue Nursery. Spectacular Bulbs Tour, 4:15 p.m. # of people x $12/$10 = $ Spectacular Bulbs Tour, 5:15 p.m. # of people x $12/$10 = $ Whether you are juggling priorities in a large garden, or nurturing a small GARDEN DESCRIPTIONS Big Bulbs Workshop, April 29, 9:30 a.m. # of people x $39/$34 = $ collection of potted succulents, you are a gardener. And that makes you an The Rock Garden at the Gardens on Spring Creek is a half-acre garden showcasing native and adapted alpine plants from multiple alpine regions across the globe. The Rock Garden was designed by Fort Collins residents active participant in over 20 centuries of gardening. Kirk Kieseler, co-owner of Laporte Avenue Nursery, and Maddie Weisz, a landscape architect. The Rock Garden opened in 2011 and was built in collaboration with the designers, Gardens staff, City of Fort Collins Forestry Jodi Torpey, May 14, 10 a.m. # of people x $20/$15 = $ Department, local landscaping companies, and volunteers. The rockwork displays locally quarried stone, giving the garden a unique sense of place. Kitchen Garden Tour of Le Potager, May 14, 1 p.m. # of people x $12/$10 = $ Gardens provide a mindful retreat for busy lives; it’s not a coincidence that Kitchen Garden Tour of Le Potager, May 14, 2:30 p.m. # of people x $12/$10 = $ most of the world’s religions portray paradise as a garden. What brought us Lauren Springer Ogden’s home garden is a living laboratory for plants and plant matrices, emphasizing prairie, meadow and chaparral-inspired spaces that are a hallmark of Lauren’s regional design work. Low-water plantings Bill Laws, May 19, 7 p.m. # of people x $20/$15 = $ to this point in horticultural history? Is the future of the garden bright or bleak? dominate, along with year-round appeal and a naturalistic, serene look not based on flower color but rather on plant texture and form. Plant selection and design choices encourage pollinators and wildlife (except deer). The 13-year- The Garden Journal Workshop, May 20, 9:30 a.m. # of people x $39/$34 = $ old garden started as a blank slate of weedy lawn and three small trees, and has been created entirely by Lauren and her husband Scott Ogden. The couple planted every plant and laid every stone themselves, and Lauren has SPEAKER BIO: A seasoned garden speaker and writer, Laws is a practical Plants That Changed the Course of History Tour, maintained the garden without outside help. gardener. He runs an allotment and manages a former rectory garden, now May 20, 1 p.m. # of people x $22/$20 = $ part of a neighborhood day center. 2016 Horticulture Home and Garden Tour, June 3, 8 a.m. # of people x $51/$46 = $ 2016 Horticulture Home and Garden Tour, June 4, 8 a.m. # of people x $51/$46 = $ RELATED WORKSHOP: The Garden Journal Day Tour: Plains to Plains Hike of Pawnee Buttes and Colorado Foodways: A Sunset Celebration of the History Day Tour: Plains to Plains with Panayoti Kelaidis and Friday, May 20, 9:30 a.m. – noon | $39, $34 member Tour of High Plains Environmental Center with Jim Tolstrup, July 29, 8 a.m. # of people x $51/$46 = $ Receive hands-on hints and tips for keeping a garden journal. In spite of our digital age and the blog boom, the of Food along the Front Range (Chatfield Farms) Panayoti Kelaidis and Jim Tolstrup Colorado Foodways, August 13, 5:30 p.m. # of people x $42/$39 = $ hand-written journal is as popular as ever. A depository for snippets, cuttings, quotes and sketches, it is both a Saturday, August 13, 5:30-8 p.m. | $42, $39 member Friday, July 29, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. | $51, $46 member Thomas Noel, September 15, 7 p.m. memorable keepsake and a creative memoire. Locally sourced dinner, drinks and tours included with registration. # of people x $20/$15 = $ Includes lunch and transportation from Denver Botanic Gardens. THE ENCORE SERIES How does one start a garden journal? “It has long been in my mind to write down what I know of hardy Hot Pots, August 19, 9:30 a.m. # of people x $54/$46 = $ gardening. But when you diffidently try to explain the chaos in your brain, friends say: ‘Never mind; just begin,’” Few landscapes are more iconic than the Pawnee Buttes, a short drive north of Join us at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms for a celebration advised the Garden Club of America’s Helena Rutherfurd Ely. Denver. Join Panayoti Kelaidis, director of outreach at Denver Botanic Gardens, of the state’s traditions in culture, food and history at the annual Fall Habitat Hero Garden Tour, October 1, 9 a.m. # of people x $20/$18 = $ in a tour of the spectacular buttes that lie in the heart of the Pawnee National Colorado Foodways event. Fall Habitat Hero Garden Tour, October 1, 11 a.m. # of people x $20/$18 = $ RELATED TOUR: Plants That Changed the Course of History Grasslands: one of the largest remnants of shortgrass prairie left in our state. John Fielder Photography Workshop, October 20, 9 a.m. # of people x $395 = $ Friday, May 20, 1-2:30 p.m. | $22, $20 member Late summer is peak season for many of the best wildflowers that grow on our Local chefs provide traditional Colorado dishes using locally Plants are such a common part in our lives that we seldom stop to consider prairies including huge mats of plains buckwheat (Eriogonum pauciflorum), sourced ingredients. Enjoy locally crafted cocktails while you Full Lecture Series (lectures only, does not their history and significance. Take a world tour with English author Bill Laws Man Root Morning Glory (Ipomoea leptophylla) and innumerable daisies. stroll the grounds and tour the organic vegetable, herb and flower include workshops or tours) # of people x $70/$52 = $ through the Gardens to meet a few of the plants that have changed the Best of all, most visitors only think of visiting Pawnee Buttes in spring or fall— gardens with Community Supporting Agriculture farm staff. Explore course of history. Prepare to be surprised! so we are apt to have the prairie to ourselves, excluding a few magpies and the historical Hildebrand Ranch House and enjoy a live band during TOTAL $ Prairie falcons. the sunset. This event sells out quickly.

PHOTO JIM TOLSTRUP “A people without the knowledge of their past The High Plains Environmental Center (HPEC) consists of 76 acres and 3.5 Denver Botanic Gardens Membership # history, origin and culture is like a tree without miles of trails surrounding two lakes in a rapidly developing area. Formerly agricultural land, HPEC is in the Check MasterCard Amex Visa Discover Security Code process of transformation into an environmental park that combines horticulture and ecological restoration. roots.” – Marcus Garvey Denver Botanic Gardens: History in the Heart Credit Card/Check # Card Exp Participants have an opportunity to buy plants from HPEC’s native plant nursery. of the City Name ThOMAS NOEL Address Thursday, September 15, 7-8:30 p.m. | $20, $15 member Fall Habitat Hero Garden Tour (Chatfield Farms) City State Zip The ENCORE SERIES Home Phone Work Phone Lauren Springer Ogden The true history of the York Street Garden’s 24 acres has been long Email 2016 Bonfils-Stanton Series will feature an Encore Series full of favorite workshops and tours SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 9 and 11 a.m. | $20, $18 member anticipated, and this is the opportunity to hear all about it. Only a few centuries ago, the land on which the Gardens sits was nothing but dust from years past. The series will highlight the most popular programs and offer them once again. Join Lauren Springer Ogden as she discusses her design process with an emphasis and the occasional prairie dog. Professor Tom “Dr. Colorado” Noel shares on native plants that are important to many insects and birds. This is a wonderful opportunity for Programs and presenters are subject to change. Hurry! These programs sold out quickly the first time around and are likely to do so again. how the Denver Botanic Gardens evolved into an urban oasis, from a an up-close tour with one of the country’s leading garden designers! Speaker accommodations generously provided by the Queen Anne Bed & Breakfast. barren landscape, to contended cemetery, to one of America’s greatest botanical gardens. Hot Pots with Mike Kintgen John Fielder Photography Workshop (Chatfield Farms) Speaker bio: Thomas Noel is a Professor of History and Director of Public Friday, August 19, 9:30 a.m. – noon | $54, $46 member, materials included John Fielder History, Preservation & Colorado Studies at the University of Colorado Break free from fussy annuals and venture into the world of sculptural succulent containers. Join Mike Kintgen, THURSDAY, October 20, 9 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. | $395 public Denver. He has written 47 books, many articles and a Sunday history column for The Denver Post. He appears curator of alpine collections at Denver Botanic Gardens, to learn bold container planting techniques unlike This is your opportunity to learn about landscape photography directly from John Fielder. Find out how he creates regularly as “Dr. Colorado” on NBC 9 News “Colorado & Company.” Funding Provided by the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation anything you’ve seen before. Kintgen works with low-maintenance containers and covers plant staging, planting award-winning images and gain a deeper understanding of the visual aspects of nature. The workshop includes in grids, monopots, top-dressing and companion plants. Participants assemble a one-of-a-kind container garden a slide show lecture, discussion on the most important tools you need and four hours out in the fields of Chatfield Noel has a masters and Ph.D. from Colorado University Boulder and a B.A. from the University of Denver. His with handmade pots, succulents, stones, glass and unusual objects. Farms and/or Roxborough State Park with Fielder. Appropriate for all levels of photographers, beginner to 2015 book “Colorado: A Historical Atlas” is a full-color coffee table treasure exploring 90 topics in the evolution With support from advanced. of the highest state from Mesa Verde to marijuana.